2019 – Page 217

All three members of the Penal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice were removed, including the president of the Penal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, Miriam German Brito. Germán Brito had made headline news for several weeks when National Council of the Magistracy member, Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez, blasted her with …

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The National Council of the Magistracy (CNM) announced their selection of nine new judges for the Supreme Court of Justice and confirmation of three Supreme Court judges on Thursday, 4 April 2019 at the 16-member Supreme Court of Justice. The eight-member jury of the CNM, chaired by President Danilo Medina, chose lawyer Luis Henry Molina …

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Three tons of Zorzal Reserve organic cacao left from Andres, Boca Chica to Charleston, South Carolina, USA, on the impressive Tres Hombres tall ship on Thursday, 28 March 2019. The tall ship had docked in Andrés, Boca Chica port in the southeast to pick up the valuable cargo from the Zorzal private forestry reserve. It …

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Frank Félix Durán, the spokesman for the National Police, said in a press conference on 3 April 2019 that one Haitian had died (identified as Pepo) and four and one Dominican were arrested in a recent shootout with the Police. Arrested were Haitians Michel Silvio (Lolo), Bladimir Sevilis, Juan Carlos Valencia, Dominican Luis Manuel de …

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The Ministry of Education and the Dominican Journalist Guild (CDP) honored journalist Emilia Pereyra with the RD$1 million cash award. She will receive the award and cash prize at a ceremony at the Presidential Palace. The jurors were: Education Minister Antonio Peña Mirabal; Adriano de la Cruz, president of the CDP; Margarita Cordero, National Journalism …

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On Wednesday, 3 April 2019, Carlos Silver completed for a second time what he believed would be enough hours of consecutive singing to break the previous Guinness record set by Indian Sunil Waghmare. He had sung consecutively from Friday, 29 March to Wednesday, 3 April. The bad news, though, is that the record failed to …

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The ruling PLD party membership that backs President Danilo Medina in what would be his reelection bid announced a major event at the Gran Arena del Cibao for Sunday, 7 April 2019. The event is announced as a gathering to recognize the social, economic and cultural impact of the Medina administration. The event was announced …

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The Fenatrado truckers’ associations, whose affiliates control 30,000 trucks, called for all to not buy fuel on this coming Friday, 5 April 2019, in protest of the rising price of fuel and the lack of transparency in setting weekly fuel prices. Ricardo de los Santos, president of Fenatrado, called the boycott. He said that for …

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A commission from Save the Children visited the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Radhames Camacho, to request the exclusion of child marriage from the Civil Code. Currently, the Civil Code sets the minimum age for boys to legally marry is 18 and for girls 15. Save the Children argues that this brings about multiple …

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The president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) says the simultaneous primaries can still be held on 6 October 2019 as scheduled, even though only two political parties, the ruling PLD and the leading opposition party PRM, will keep the method to choose their candidates for the 2020 general election. The PLD has announced it …

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